The Bauchi State government has convicted 34 persons in courts for Gender-Based Violence and other related offences, while many others are are prosecuted in courts.
The data was gleaned by Bauchi State Action Committee on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, which was established to protect vulnerable persons, support survivors, and ensure offenders are brought to justice in the cases, including rape, and domestic violence.
Others are child abuse, forced marriage, child exploitation, and family disputes, according to Chairperson of the Committee and wife of Bauchi State Governor, Aisha Bala Mohammed.
According to AIT, the chairperson disclosed this while addressing the media on the achievements of the Committee within a specific period of time.
She however lamented delayed justice involving
218 cases of Gender Based Violence, which requires collective action and greater public awareness to protect women and children from abuse, recorded across the State.
Despite delays in the judicial process and lengthy legal procedures as major obstacles to the speedy resolution of cases.
Also speaking, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Gender-Based Violence, Sha’awanatu Yusuf, enumerated the objectives of the Committee.
She revealed that the Committee has handled 94 rape cases, 37 domestic violence cases, 51 family dispute cases, 19 forced marriage cases, 11 child abuse cases, five child exploitation cases, and one abduction case.
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